Google Software Engineering Intern interview questions
based on 132 ratings - Updated Apr 3, 2026
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Software Engineering Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering Intern roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 43 days.
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Team matching was a mess this year - process started late and it took about a month for them to make a decision after an interview which made the process take even longer time.
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Which area in software engineering are you interested in?
I applied via the Google career website. I then completed an online assessment with a few DS&A problems. I then completed two back to back interviews with one DS&A problem each.
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It was a Data Structures and Algorithm style question.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 9 months. I interviewed at Google (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2023
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Interviewers were very friendly and personable! I was able to answer my second interview question with minimal difficulty (Leetcode Medium/Hard), but for the first interview question I struggled with the medium follow-up to the easy question, but I made sure to communicate my thoughts throughout and I still got in! Prioritize communication, then a complete but unoptimized solution before trying to go for a perfectly optimized solution right off the bat.
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I don't believe I can give away any specific question due to the NDA, but I got two Leetcode questions at around a Medium Difficulty (tries, then graphs & BFS)